HELP! W/ Dual monitors

NOL1M1TMAN · Post by **NOL1M1TMAN** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 12:37 pm

I am running dual monitors in Windows XP. I just formatted and am reinstalling everything. Now when I pick to display my desktop on both monitors, The seconds monitor is all garbaled, has lines all through it, and flickers when anything is over there. I am using a Radeon 64 DDR and a S3 Trio 32/64 This setup just worked before. I dont know why it won't now. Please Help

NOL1M1TMAN · Post by **NOL1M1TMAN** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 1:13 pm

help bump

SuperDave · Post by **SuperDave** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 1:13 pm

Sight unseen, my first reactions to that stated problem would be:

-Bent/broken pin on cable

-Refresh rate exceeding card/monitor capability

I haven't used either of those cards in a dual setup, so I can't claim to be an expert.

NOL1M1TMAN · Post by **NOL1M1TMAN** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 1:26 pm

well the refresh rate is @ 60 hertz and thats the lowest ..

bluewhale · Post by **bluewhale** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 1:32 pm

my first, second and third guess was a cable problem as well.
Have you tried switching monitor ports to make sure the problem is in the card?

Pt

NOL1M1TMAN · Post by **NOL1M1TMAN** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 1:41 pm

no matter what monitor is hooked up to the trio card the display is all messed up..

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 2:09 pm

Well you're down to driver, then. Try downloading the latest and greatest.

Also try to Trio by itself as the primary. If you get a garbled image in the POST screen, something's wrong with the card.